Linda Hurtado: Taking Action

I always knew I had a high risk of getting breast cancer. It runs in my family. And my mother’s battle with the disease tattooed a raw fear in me. This is a story I put together during breast cancer awareness month years ago but it gives voice to the constant ghost of dread and anticipation that has haunted me ever since.

My daughters signing the wall at an American Cancer Society event in honor of a grandmother they never got the chance to meet.